Carl august pfenning



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o. A. PPE-DINING.

GLOVE FASTENING.

Patented oct. 31, 1893.

vf MME i Z r, M/WWW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL AUGUST PFENNING, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

sPnoIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,928, iated'otobe'rs1, 1893;

Application nea my 27,1893. serai No. 481,636. or@ man.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL AUGUST PFEN- rIING, a subject of the King ofPrussia, residlng at Barmen-Rittershausen,in the Province of RhenishPrussia, Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, have invented new anduseful ImprovementsV in Fasteners for Gloves,

Shoes, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention 'relates to a fastening by which the parts to beconnected are held together by a notched head secured to one part andwhich is pressed into and held in ashell secured to the other part.

The invention resides in the arrangements used to secure the headagainst accidental detachment from the shell, and a further feature ofthe invention is the construction of the upper fasteningportion for thepurpose of connecting the latter rmly with the material and so that itslower face will not pro- Ject beyond the surface of the material.

The annexed drawings show an enlarged scale of the fastening as used ingloves.

i Figure 1 is a vertical section of the fastening closed.. Fig. 2 is aplan View sectioned along a: Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical detail sectionof the upper portion of the fastening. Flg. elsa verticalsection of thelowerfastening portlon.A Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sections of upperfastening portionsY of a modification.

. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of another modification. Fig. 8 isavertical section of a further xnodlflcation. Fig. 9 vis a Verticalsection along z 2 Fig. 10 of the modification shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10is a plan View sectioned along y y Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a sectional viewof a cap.- Fig. 12 is a sectional view of a base for a cap.

The notched head k is secured` to the lower flap or portion ctof thematerial in Well known way, the stem s which passes through the materialhaving its edge bent over a plate p. The attachment of the shell or tubeh to the upper flap b by means of a cap m pressed onto the shell is alsoknown. Beneath the upper iap b the shell h rests on a plate gand abovethis plate at 'opposite sides the shell has cuts 't' tinto which twothin straight steel Wires d d are placed, which at their ends lie in thebent-up rim g of the plate and are held by a plate Z. If the head kwhich is round or conical at its top is inserted into the shell andpressure exerted on cap m, the head by slightly bending the wires CZ dso as to press them out of the cuts z' t' will enter the shell,whereupon the wires by their resiliency Will enterV the notch of thehead and prevent the return of the latter. The fastening can have itsholdingV power diminished or increased, according as the rim of -thehead catching over the wires is `more rounded or more angular. The endsof the wires d have some play in the bent-up plate rim g', so that theycan give on the slight bending ofthe wires. The plate Z engaging overthe rim g' forsecuring the wires against displacement can be arranged onthe plate g (Figs. 1, 3, 6

and 7) or under the same as seen in Figs.. 8, 9 and 12.

It the fastening is to be 'applied to gloves which are already providedwith button holes, the plate g or covering plate Zis provided withprongs t (Figs. 5 and 6) which penetrate the material and are bent sothat the upper fastening portion is held against dislocation.

I am aware that it is not new to use wire springs for catching the headas shown in United States Patents No. 331,266, granted November 24,1885, for a glove fastener, and No. 388,212,granted August 2l, 1888,fora button, and I am also aware that for securing the head speciallevers were employed, which must be moved out of the notch of the headto loosen the fastening or the head itself is made resilient, and suchstructures I do not claim herein.

My invention attains a fastening in very simple manner by thearrangement of the straight wires resting loosely at their ends,

nand the fastening can be closed by Very slight pressure on' the cap,but in spite of its easy closing a thoroughly secure connection isattained, which furthermore is cheap of manufacture and fully respondsto all requirements.

`In glove fastenings it is also very important that the head k shallproject as little as possible above the material and thatthe notch ofthe head shall lie close over the foot plate. A tilting or tipping overof the button is thus avoided as well during the closing of the fas- ICOtening, as also by the lateral strain on the fastening when closed.Furthermore it is of advantage if the upper flap lies close to the lowerflap, since thereby the closed glove receives a better appearance in itsclosed state.

In the arrangement of the upper fastening section shown in Figs. l to 6in spite of the slight bending of the wires,it may occur that the latterjump out of their seats Wherefore the wires should project at their endssornewhat beyond the rim in which they are seated. For this purpose theupper portion is arranged as seen in Figs. 7 to 12. The plate Z servingto hold the wires i c either as a cover plate (Fig. 7) or as under plate(Figs. 8, 9 and 12) is not formed straight, but is provided with aconical rim, and the cap m is formed overhanging or calotte like. Saidcap as seen in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 may consist of a single plate providedwith a central opening, or as seen in Fig. 1l said cap may be providedat its center with a cone@ below which a plate r can be sprung intoplace, into the opening of which the shell h can be bent about cone v asseen in Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 6. The cone@ might also be ap.-` plied withoutthe insertion of the plate fr, the conecheing then applied directly tothe capby suitably bending the latter. The conical rim of covering plateZ expanding downward, and said conical rim of the under plate Zcontract.- in g upward and catching over the rim of shell plate gi,leaves in each case a free space at u, into` which extend the ends ofthey wires CZ OZ resting in the rim of the plate g. The extension of thewires which is thus made possible will prevent the latter when bendingfrom jumpingoutof the rim ofthe shell plate. The conical form of the`rim of the under plate alsohasthe effect that when the calotte shapedcap m is pressed into place or is secured by the. bending of the rim ofshell h, the material b can be bent so far downward that such mai terialwill lie. Hush with the lower face 0f the n pper portion or of the plateZ. The upperiap b is thus not only caused to seatitself tightly on lowerflap a. when in closed condition,but the attachment ot' the upperfastening portion to Hap b is improved and strengthened since thematerial is pinched more firmly the farther the cap is pressed down overthe conical rim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A fastener for gloves and other articles, consisting of the plate Z,the plate g applied to the latter and having a central orifice and abent-np rim g', the pair of elastic wires CZ resting on the rimmed plateand having their ends passing through the said bent-up rim, a cap m, ashell h passing through the center oritlce of said rimmed plate,connecting the said plate Z and the cap m and having opposite lateralnotches i into which the elastic wires spring, and a notched head Zr;adapted to enter the said shell and be engaged by the elastic Wires,substantially as described.

2. A fastening for gloves, shoes, leggins `and the like comprising aplate g provided with a shell h havingcuts i 1I a plate Z having aconical rim made to partly stand o tE from plate g s o asA to leave, aspace u,wires d held by the plate Z, and having their ends projectinginto said space a cap; m adapted to. sit

. over the conical rim of plate Z for compressi ing the materialdownward between said cap and rim and a notched head adapted to enterthe shell and to be engaged by thewiressuhstantially as described.

In testimony vthereof I have hereunto set rny hand in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CARL AUGUSl` PFENNING.

Witnesses:

FRANZ lfrlarNENn. CONRAD, KROPF.

